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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11287
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14102
13 Actual Demand 10999
14 Aggregate Planning 11927
15 Air Cargo 9842
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6443
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34579
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15204
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18937
20 Assembly Line 21627
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22693
22 Average Speed of Answer 26380
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22715
24 Batch Production 37717
25 Bill Discounting 14178
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10845
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6939
28 Blanket Release 9790
29 Bonded Warehouse 9875
30 Booking Number 13452
31 Bottleneck 9265
32 Buffer Stock 58436
33 Build to Stock 12743
34 Bullwhip Effect 9318
35 Business Logistics 25159
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12351
37 Capacity Management 39693
38 Capacity Utilization 13815
39 Capital Intensive 8135
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8416
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11879
42 Certified Supplier 8832
43 Channel Effectiveness 8794
44 Co-Destiny 9066
45 Co-managed Inventory 12235
46 Co-Packers 11577
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6651
48 Computer-Based Training 7527
49 Consular Invoice 19377
50 Container Depot 10396
51 Container Freight Station 10139
52 Continuous Replenishment 19235
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11859
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11215
56 Control Charts 7784
57 Cost Flow 10092
58 Courier Service 14928
59 CPFR 8034
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11566
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43477
62 Date Code 17815
63 Days of Supply 19537
64 Dead on Arrival 8978
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7114
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7896
67 Detective Control 8724
68 Devanning 14026
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10640
70 Dispatching 23768
71 Distributed Inventory 8192
72 Distribution Channel Management 34166
73 Distribution Metrics 8782
74 Distribution Planning 23948
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14913
76 Double Marginalization 52289
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22039
78 Dual 5304
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20349
80 Echelon Inventory 25901
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38005
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49019
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7440
84 Efficient Frontier 25060
85 Engineer-to-Order 31341
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16021
87 Erlang B Formula 9143
88 ETD 8119
89 Ex Works 7695
90 Exception Rate 13200
91 Exponential smoothing 9647
92 External Growth 9857
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9241
94 Field Services 7606
95 Field Warehouse 9727
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8493
97 Fishbone Diagram 14362
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26611
99 Flow Through Distribution 12092
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7962
101 FOB Destination 12737
102 Forward buying 29787
103 Freight Charge 10132
104 Freight Consolidation 7360
105 Gantt Chart 8140
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11487
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29242
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12468
109 Hub 23112
110 Idle Time 7894
 
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